WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Countering GOP demands for the passage of three seriously-flawed trade
deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, the International
Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) today launched a
targeted, informational ad
campaign on Facebook.

“NAFTA created the trend of corporations shifting production to
countries where wages are low, worker rights nearly nonexistent and
little regard is given to the environment”

The campaign’s focus is to educate the public on the substantial
shortcomings of the pending free trade agreements (FTAs) and the damage
they each stand to deliver on the U.S.

“We’re still reeling from the painful mess created by the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),” said IAM International President Tom
Buffenbarger. “The last thing the U.S. economy needs is another
flawed FTA.”

A new IAM infographic
details NAFTA’s failed trade policies. The 1994 law is the blueprint for
the pending FTAs.

“NAFTA created the trend of corporations shifting production to
countries where wages are low, worker rights nearly nonexistent and
little regard is given to the environment,” said Buffenbarger. “Like
their predecessor, the three pending FTAs with South Korea, Colombia and
Panama threaten to create the same kind of damage – only more.

“These pending trade deals are anything but free. Passage will
most certainly come at a price – a high price – as we have seen
over the last decade. Congress must take the lead in reforming the
United States’ failed trade policies before moving forward with any new
free trade agreements.”

The IAM is among the nation’s largest industrial trade unions,
representing nearly 700,000 active and retired members under more than
5,000 contracts in aerospace, manufacturing, transportation,
shipbuilding and defense-related industries. For more information, visit www.goiam.org.